SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A longtime employee of the Diocese of Scranton is going to prison for stealing more than $340,000 from a fund meant for Roman Catholic missions that help the poor.
A judge in Lackawanna County sentenced 66-year-old Sharon Warunek on Wednesday to nine to 23 months in jail for using a charitable bank account as her personal piggy bank while she worked as a clerk for the diocese.
The 27-year employee of the diocese pleaded guilty in January to theft. She apologized in court to her family and co-workers.
Warunek’s attorney Bill Peters said his client has paid back $200,000 to the diocese so far and intends to make full restitution.
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